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MY TURN: North Idaho College is proof voting works
There will always be a need to safeguard the gemstone of our community.
Remembering the Sunshine Mine disaster
Forty-two years ago today, Idaho lost 91 miners in one of the deadliest disasters in the history of American mining. Our annual remembrance of the lives lost c…
Maximum effort on minimum wage drive
As RaiseIdaho's founder, I would like to officially thank all the volunteers and organizations who participated in our effort to bring raising the minimum wage to a higher level discussion for citizens throughout I…
Needed: GOP political unity and openness
I read with interest the recent column in The Press, from Ruthie Johnson entitled, "Wanted: Political Unity." She has a well-earned reputation for her hard work for the Idaho Republican Party over her decades of se…
Concerns emerging on Common Core
I admit I'm a little late to the party and should have been paying attention before now. I've heard some chatter about Common Core and there were some things that concerned me, but overall (on the surface) the Comm…
Succeeding with the use of your creative thinking
Imagine it is an incredibly stormy night, the wind howling, the temperatures dropping, the rain and sleet coming in torrents as the sky darkens more with the passing of each hour. As you edge your way home from a l…
Military getting better weapons
The April edition of the American Legion magazine had a couple of news articles worthy of passing along. In Air Force news, 72 Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters will be delivered to Hill Air Force base in Utah. The fi…
Today - Arbor Day - my vote is for trees
I've spent more than 40 years working for the great state Idaho. After all this time, I continue to be amazed by our tremendous natural resources and all they do for the state.
The best-kept secret in robotics: the kids!
North Idaho, from Coeur d'Alene to Bonners Ferry, is the home of three high school and six middle school robotics teams. You heard that right, we have teens an…
Choose free market over Obamacare
The upcoming primary election has stimulated much debate about the Idaho State Health Insurance Exchange. Proponents of the state exchange are fond of saying that 'Obamacare is the law of the land.' This begs the q…
Encouraging creative differences
A long time ago there lived an old farmer who had three sons. As he grew older and more frail, he knew it was time to pass along the farm to one of his sons, for it was not large enough to support all three of them…
Wanted: Political unity
Kellie Palm has written many columns in the Cd'A Press with deprecatory inferences concerning the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee. It has always been my belief that in order to maintain unity within a …
A hero passes: Tributeto Principal Bob Olson
My hero, Bob Olson, one of the finest elementary school principals ever to grace the halls of Coeur d'Alene's schools, passed away on Good Friday this year.
Counterpoint to views on one GOP analysis
Ms. Palm has made so many misstatements of facts it is hard to know where to begin.
Stupidity no aid to responsibility
Last Sunday's editorial, "Accountability - anyone?" brought a resounding, "The Truth and the Whole Truth" to mind.
A closer look at critique of GOP
I would like to set the record straight on some of the allegations made in Kellie Palm's Guest Opinion of April 11. Space prohibits me from addressing all of them. I will refer directly to several of her statements.